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Francesco Giroldini is an Italian director, writer and artist working in the animation industry.[1]
He is well known along with Brendan Carroll for his role as writer and director of the short films The Monk and The Monkey (2010) and Animation Tag Attack (2011).[2]
His credits also include Ferdinand, Ice Age: Collision Course, Kung Fu Panda 2, Rio 2, Madagascar 3, The Peanuts Movie, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Puss in Boots, Rise of the Guardians and Megamind, among others.[3]
Giroldini was born in Milan, Italy and graduated Ringling College of Art and Design in 2010, majoring in Computer animation.[4]
In 2010 he joined DreamWorks Animation[5] and in 2013 he joined Blue Sky Studios.[6]
Giroldini's first short film, The Monk and The Monkey, was released in 2010 and was featured at SIGGRAPH[7] as well as Siggraph Asia.[8] Giroldini's second short film, Animation Tag Attack, was released in 2011 and was featured at the Annecy Film Festival.[9] Both short films received wide praise and critical acclaim.[10]
In 2015 Giroldini joined the production for the animated short film Mila as a Lighting Supervisor.[11]
In 2016 Mila was successfully crowd-funded, raising over $60,000 on Indiegogo.[12]
Giroldini has received many awards and honors for his work, which was featured at SIGGRAPH,[13] Siggraph Asia[13] and Annecy[14] alongside work from established studios such as Blizzard Entertainment, Passion Pictures, Digic Pictures and Platige Image.[8]
His work has been featured on some of the top CG magazines in the world such as 3Dtotal,[15] Stash,[16] Cartoon Brew[17] and CGW.[18]
His awards include: